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Show Utah Pioneer Trails East Side Of Pioneer Main St. Taken up by Homes The east side of Main Street j from South Temple Street to First South Street was originally used largely for residential purposes. pur-poses. Immediately north of the Thomas S. Williams lot (No. 2 Block 75 i was Lot No. 3, given to Bishop Edward Hunter as his inheritance. in-heritance. On this lot Bishop Hunter erected the second two-storied two-storied residence built in the Territory. Ter-ritory. The Heber C. Kimball home at 142 North Main Street was completed as the first in 1854. Later that year the Hunter home was completed. Of public buildings, the Council House was first erected; the second being the Valley House Hotel, on the southwest south-west corner of the intersection of South Temple and West Temple Streets. The third was the General Gen-eral Store House (Tithing Office) of the Mormon Church erected where the Hotel Utah now stands. The Edward Hunter home was constructed by Michael Kates as head builder, assisted by George Romney. Miles Romney, his father made the stairway. At the time of its construction it was regarded as the finest completed residence in the city. The Bee Hive House and the Lion House, Brigham Young's homes, were completed late in 1854. The Hunter home was torn down in March and April, 1881, to make room for the new Hooper-Eld-redge Building. The Uptown Theatre, 53 South Main Street, housed in part of this original building, occupies the ground on I whic hthe Hunter home stood. Immediately north of the Edward Ed-ward Hunter home on Lot 3, Block 75 (Main Street) Jedediah Morgan Grant built his home on Lot 4. It too, was a large two story home, well built and one of the fine homes of the city. It was here Heber J. Grant was born and where he lived for years with his mother; Rachel Ridge-way Ridge-way Ivins Grant. The Z.C.M.I. store now occupies the ground on which Jedediah M. Grant home originally stood. Lot 5, of Block 75, was originally origin-ally given to Ezra T. Benson as his inheritance. One this lot he built a large home of colonial style and completed it sometime in 1855. It faced north and was embellished with deep windows, wide porches and entrance door. It was not long after the "Big House," as it was referred to, was completed that Apostle Benson was called to preside over the settlements in Cache Valley in northern Utah. Daniel H. Wells purchased the Benson home where he lived for years. Thereafter, it was known as the "Wells' Mansion." This home was later replaced by the Templeton Hotel which was subsequently converted to an office building and today houses the Zions Savings Bank & Trust Company. The building quartering the Standard Furniture Company at 9 South Main Street also stands on part of the original orig-inal Benson lot. |
